When I fly, I tend to fly Delta. The choice of Delta is primarily based on access and benefits. Fargo's Hector Airport only has so many carriers; and, while I travel a fair amount, I don't travel enough to reach priority status on more than one airline. Hence, I mostly travel via Delta. I have [...]
Tag: Travel
Do you know the way to San Jose?
One of Dionne Warwick's best known hits is the song Do You Know the Way to San Jose? from the movie Valley of the Dolls. My question today as I sat in San Jose's Mineta International Airport was, "Do you know a way out of San Jose?" Delta's answer today was basically, "No." After a mechanical [...]
Defining vacation…
I read that someone once defined vacation as a period of travel and relaxation when you take twice the clothes and half the money you need. I concur, that is a truism of vacations. As we wrap up our beach house vacay here on the Central Coast of California I am reminded of another truism - [...]
A rose by any another name…
The whole clan packed up and visited the beach community of Santa Cruz today. It was rainy and gloomy day in Santa Cruz. The temperature only reached the high 50s. In a local store, a young female employee dressed in jeans, a sweater and a scarf spotted me in my summery top, capris and light cardigan sweater and said [...]
I see trees of green…
I do not consider myself to be a nature aficionado, but I do enjoy it for a short day trip. In particular, I enjoy growing things - plants, flowers, and trees. I particularly enjoy trees - something about them just touches me. I take a lot of photos of trees in my travels. While others have [...]
The pat-down…
Yesterday we bid adieu to Sarasota, Florida after a very pleasant week in the sun enjoying time with Mike's family and my Aunt Gen. I found the Sarasota airport to be a nice, manageable airport that was decidedly slower-paced and more mellow than most other airports I have traveled through. The people there likewise seemed [...]
The hot wash…
In emergency management a "hot wash" is a short discussion immediately after an exercise's conclusion. The goal is to allow folks to share their immediate impressions of the exercise while they are still fresh in their minds. Here is my hot wash of the IAEM Conference which took place this past week in Vegas. I [...]
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